2003-2004 Archives

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WINNERS RECOGNIZED

South Middle School students' accomplishments during the 2003-2004 school year have been recognized on the Joplin R-8 School District website.

The site features a page that has winners from each school. The page on South was quite full.

Students who were listed on the page and their accomplishments included:

DUKE T.I.P. STATE RECOGNITION- Haylee Coleman, Mason Sharp

ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS- Jessica Johnson, Kristin Carter, Rachel Ryan, Lindsey Hamm, Jordan Harmon, Brittany Harmon, Kristin Haddad, Lizeth Rojo, Cassie Moritz, Autumn Mauller

SHORT STORY CONTEST WINNERS- Lindsey Hamm, Brittany Harmon, Cassie Moritz, Sarah McDonough, Andrew Cashion, Kristin Carter, Christian Hernandez, Autumn Mauller, John Pate, Kristin Haddad

CITIZENSHIP AWARDS- Caleb Wheeler, Rebeka Stout, sixth grade; Misty Finn, Andrew Frost, seventh grade; Christian Hernandez, Lindsey Hamm, eighth grade

ATHLETES OF THE YEAR- Brandon McCoy, Kelsey Sanders, seventh grade; Travis Kunce, Lindsey Hamm, eighth grade.

POETRY SELECTED FOR INCLUSION IN TEACHER'S SELECTION: ANTHOLOGY OF EIGHTH GRADE POETRY- Emily Evans, Brittany Harmon, Sarah McDonough

VFW PATRIOT'S PEN YOUTH ESSAY COMPETITION- Lindsey Hamm, second runner-up

ELKS STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST- Lindsey Hamm, first; Heather Dunevant, second; James Blackwood, third

SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS- Sixth grade- Brock Hunter, gold; Colby Ritter, silver; Doug Pumphrey, silver; Aaron Brown, silver; Zac Goad, bronze; seventh grade- Kelsey Sanders, gold; Taybor Parker, silver; Zac Bradley, bronze; Mason Sharp; bronze; eighth grade- Lindsey Hamm, gold; Travis Kunce, gold; Paige Strella, gold; Christian Hernandez, silver; Drew Pace, silver; Erin McTaggart, bronze; Jordan Forste, bronze.

MSSU SCIENCE FAIR & DISCOVERY CHANNEL YOUNG SCIENTIST CHALLENGE NOMINEE- Lindsey Hamm, first, chemistry/biochemistry

MODOT POSTER CONTEST- Zeb Clayton

4.0 GPA FOR 2003-2004- Clayton Stehm

WINNER OF PHI DELTA KAPPA/KODE OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM- Project Citizen Program, Eighth Grade Social Studies.

NEO MUSIC FESTIVAL- Band- Ashley Kissee, Mariah Hibbard, duet, I rating; Taylor Six, Jacob Wade, duet, II+ rating; Solos and Ensembles- Amanda Welch I; Becca Mascher I-; Breezy Leatherman II; Brittani Eads II; Daniel Burkett I; Grace Randolph I+; Jade Morey II-; Jessica Myers I; Kayla Hess II; Lauren Hight II; Megan Wawrzyniak II-; Melody Price I-; Nikki Burnett I; Spencer Moss II; Orchestra- I ratings for Lindsey Hamm, Paige Strella, Arielle Ideker, Arnie Mays, Chelsie Banfield, Erin McTaggart.

CA AWARDS PRESENTED

Top students in Mr. Randy Turner's Communication Arts classes were honored during the awards assembly on May 21.

Top CA students honors went to Lindsey Hamm and Sarah McDonough. The top writer award was presented to Brittany Harmon.

Emily Evans, Brittany Harmon, and Sarah McDonough were recognized for having their poems included in "Teacher's Selection: Anthology of Eighth Grade Poetry."

Certificates were presented to short story and essay contest winners and finalists. Those receiving certificates included: Sarah McDonough, Andrew Cashion, Christian Hernandez, Autumn Mauller, John Pate, Kristin Haddad, Jordan Harmon, Lizeth Rojo, Paige Curry, Staci Hoofnagle, Amanda Kopriva, Steffan Mock, Alex Needham, Derek Rider, Paige Strella, Melissa Summers, Ali Stauffer, Matheu Smith, Jeannie Mix, Travis Kunce, Natasha Hurtt, Cassie Moritz, Brittany Harmon, Lindsey Hamm, Rachel Ryan, Kristin Carter, and Jessica Johnson.

THREE SELECTED FOR POETRY ANTHOLOGY

Three South Middle School students will have their poems published in Teacher's Selection: Anthology of Eighth Grade Poetry.

Emily Evans, Brittany Harmon, and Sarah McDonough, students in Mr. Randy Turner's advanced communication arts classes had their poems selected to represent South following a competition open to all eighth graders.

South Middle School will receive a complimentary copy of the anthology. Each student will receive a certificate of nomination. The certificates are scheduled to be mailed to the students by the end of this month.

EIGHTH GRADE HONOR ROLL TRIP HELD

South Middle School eighth graders who made the honor roll played miniature golf, and hit the batting cages and driving range Friday.

Students who made the honor roll and who were eligible for the trip included:

Mandy Allen, Ashley Angel, Chelsea Banfield, Molly Bates, Katy Berryman, Samantha Brigance, Zach Brown, Daniel Burkett, Calvin Burr, Kristin Carter, Andrew Cashion, Henry Chen, Paige Curry, Holly Curtis, Emily Evans, Hannah Ewing, Shadow Fickle, Kimberly Finn, Jordan Forste, Rebecca Foster, Lucas Greenlow, Lindsey Hamm, Brittany Harmon, Jordan Harmon.

Also, Christian Hernandez, Crystal Honeyball, Natasha Hurtt, Heath Hutchison, Caitlyn Ingram, Jessica Johnson, Krista Koehn, Amanda Kopriva, Travis Kunce, Cher Lane, Kathleen Lee-Campbell, Jordan Lefevers, Samantha Lilly, Lindsey Liontas, Autumn Mauller, Elizabeth May, Victoria May, Sarah McDonough, Mark Medlin, Jeannie Mix, Steffan Mock, Alyssa Monroe, Ashley Monroe, Haley Moore, Chase Neely.

Also, Drew Pace, John Pate, J. R. Polen, Keisha Pugh, Jason Putnam, Brittany Randolph, Derek Rider, Lizeth Rojo, Travis Runyon, Whitney Russell, Rachel Ryan, Andrew Saba, Ginny Schaeffer, Britany Smith, Ali Stauffer, Rachel Stout, Paige Strella, Amanda Sturgis, Melissa Summers, Amanda Tomlinson, Devani Triplett, Kaycie Trumbore, Tiffany Urton, Hailey Vacca, Tiffany Vantrease, Johnathan Waddell, Kendra Wallace-Cox, and Ashlee Webb.

TRACK SEASON NEARS END

The track season for South Middle School is coming to a close next week.

Eighth graders participating this year are:

Zach Boggs, Daniel Burkett, Calvin Burr, Daniel Elliott, Jordan Forste, Joe Hembree, Christian Hernandez, Manuel Hernandez, Jordan Hudspeth, Blake Nelson, Jason Putnam, David Putney, Alex Swift.

Also, Kristin Carter, Hannah Ewing, Kristin Haddad, Lindsey Hamm, Brittany Harmon, Jessica Johnson, Victoria May, Jordan Lefevers, Sarah McDonough, Cassie Moritz, Rachel Ryan, Britany Smith, Ali Stauffer, and Amanda Tomlinson.

CONCERT BAND TOUR SET

Members of the South Middle School Concert Band will take their talents around the R-8 School District Friday, May 7, as part of the annual elementary tour.

Band members scheduled to participate include:

James Burleson, Rebecca Foster, Crystal Honeyball, Caity Ingram, Lindsey Liontas, Gordon Mitchell, Alyssa Monroe, Amanda Tomlinson, Jose Contreras, Dusty Dupree, Aaron King, Cameron Parker, Cody Price, Jessica Welch, Serena Bannasch.

Also, Andrew Cashion, Jordan Forste, Arthur Golden, Amanda Kopriva, Sarah McDonough, Mark Medlin, Chase Neely, Ali Stauffer, Melissa Summers, Camron Welch.

Also, Jacqui Drake, Sara Edwards, Quinton Fenske, Michael Hasty, Amy Herron, Mariah Hibbard, James Holesapple, Jennifer Holland, Ryan Keller, Ashley Kissee, Kourtney Lesmeister, Kolby Long, Sam Moore, Bethany Reed, Mason Sharp, Kylie Short, Taylor Six, Tyler Terry, Christine Vu, and Jacob Wade.

The concert band is under the direction of Mr. Reed Barnes.

SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Winners of the annual Eighth Grade Science Fair held recently at South Middle School were:

Gold- Lindsey Hamm, Travis Kunce, Paige Strella.

Silver- Christian Hernandez, Drew Pace

Bronze- Erin McTaggart, Jordan Forste.

Miss Hamm's project received top honors shortly afterward at the science fair at Missouri Southern State University. She is currently featured in an article on the Joplin R-8 School District website.

MAP TESTS COMPLETED

The annual MAP (Missouri Assessment Program) tests were given to South Middle School students April 13-15.

Seventh graders were tested in communication arts, while eighth graders took math tests. Sixth graders were given practice tests.

WORK COMPLETED ON YEARBOOK

By MELISSA SUMMERS AND EMILY EVANS

The end of the school year is coming soon, and work has been completed on the South Middle School yearbook.

" Most of the time the yearbook staff worked well, but other times I had to redirect people," said sponsor Miss Michelle McDaniel. Her favorite part of the yearbook was the theme, which is reality TV shows.

Eighth grader Sarah McDonough said, "The staff worked well together. My favorite part was looking through the pictures.

"The yearbook is better because we worked together more. We have the yearbook so students can choose what's best."

WRITING CONTEST WINNERS NAMED

Lindsey Hamm and Jessica Johnson captured the top prizes in the South Middle School writing contests.

Miss Hamm took first place in the short story contest, while Miss Johnson won the essay contest.

Those placing in the top 10 in the short story contest were:

1. Lindsey Hamm, 2. Brittany Harmon, 3. Cassie Moritz, 4. Sarah McDonough, 5. Andrew Cashion, 6. Kristin Carter, 7. Christian Hernandez, 8. Autumn Mauller, 9. John Pate, and 10. Kristin Haddad.

Those placing in the top 10 in the essay contest were:

1. Jessica Johnson, 2. Kristin Carter, 3. Rachel Ryan, 4. Lindsey Hamm, 5. Jordan Harmon, 6. Brittany Harmon, 7. Kristin Haddad, 8. Lizeth Rojo, 9. Cassie Moritz, and 10. Autumn Mauller.

STUDENTS NOMINATED FOR ENGLISH MERIT AWARDS

Nineteen students in Mr. Randy Turner's communication arts classes have been nominated for National English Merit Awards in a program sponsored by the National Achievement Academy.

The students' names were submitted to the Academy April 27. They will be sent biography forms then informed later if they have been selected for inclusion on the annual list.

Students nominated from the morning block class were: Kristin Carter, Amanda Kopriva, Jade Morey, Lizeth Rojo, Christian Hernandez, Steffan Mock, J. R. Polen, and Derek Rider.

Students nominated from the afternoon block class were: Emily Evans, Lindsey Hamm, Brittany Harmon, Jordan Harmon, Autumn Mauller, Sarah McDonough, Rachel Ryan, Paige Strella, Travis Kunce, Mark Medlin, and John Pate.

ROOM 210 STUDENTS READING NOVELS

Students in Mr. Randy Turner's morning and afternoon communication arts block classes are reading novels in a different way as part of a fourth quarter project.

The students are spending one hour in the laptop computer lab each day reading classic novels on Literaturenetwork.com

Once a week, the students break into small discussion groups to talk about the novels. They will write two papers during the project, as well as complete a test at its conclusion. The books are also Accelerated Reader books, which gives the students the opportunity to take tests over them and earn AR points.

Among the novels and authors chosen by the students are: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte; "The Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells; "Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux; "The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells; "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde; "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain; "The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain; "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens; "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson; "Anne of Avonlea" by Lucy Maud Montgomery; and "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte.

ANNUAL BOOK FAIR HELD

By JORDAN HARMON, PAIGE STRELLA, and EMILY EVANS

Room 210 Staff Writers

The annual Scholastic Book Fair was held March 1-5 in Room 108 at South Middle School The books at the fair ranged from fiction to non-fiction, sci-fi to mystery, etc. Other books were featured which didn't fit neatly into any category, such as "Fear Factor Mad Libs." Pens and other small items were also for sale.

SMS STUDENTS COMPETE IN PROJECT CITIZEN

By ASHLEY MONROE and KRISTIN HADDAD

Room 210 Staff Writers

Mr. Rocky Biggers's second and fourth hour social studies classes competed against six other schools in Project Citizen at Jefferson City March 8.

The fourth hour students' presentation was on the topic of student alertness in school. The second hour students' presentation was on bicycle safety.

Second hour students participating were: Joshua Baker, Zac Boggs, Zach Brown, James Burleson, Paige Curry, Erika Drene, Samantha England, Leea Ewing, Lucas Greenlaw, Clayton Hess, Heath Hutchison, Jessica Johnson, Kourtney Kennedy, Krista Koehn, Latisha Manning, Autumn Mauller, Sarah McDonough, Mark Medlin, Victor O'Hanlon, Whitney Russell, Rachel Ryan, Cindal Spoon, and Jon Waddell.

Fourth hour students participating were: Jordan Anderson, Katy Berryman, Henry Chen, John Crossley, Rebecca Foster, Kristin Haddad, Lindsey Hamm, Brittany Harmon, Joseph Hembree, Jessica Henson, Kimberly Hylton, Gordon Mitchell, Ashley Monroe, Drew Pace, John Pate, Jason Putnam, Ginny Schaeffer, Ali Stauffer, and Devani Triplett.

In Project Citizen, the students in five of Mr. Biggers's six social studies classes selected problems in the community, worked out solutions, then presented them to a panel of faculty judges at South. The top two classes qualified for the state competition.

ART CLUB DRAWS INTEREST

By PAIGE STRELLA and JORDAN HARMON

Room 210 Staff Writers

Eighth grade student Sarah McDonough is busy working on her project.

As the eyes take form on the wall, her masterpiece is nearly finished.

"It's fun drawing on the wall without getting into trouble," Sarah, a member of the South Middle School Art Club, said.

This is only one of many projects that can be seen at Art Club.Art Club is held 3:15 to 5 p.m. every Thursday in the art room at South Middle School. It is designed for eighth grade students to be able to show their creativity.

Mr. Wolf, the Art Club sponsor, is also the school's art teacher. He is impressed by the club's turnout. "The most people we have had present has been 18 people," he said. "We have 10 regulars attending recently. It has been growing every year. We have had many projects started this year, but our main goal is redecorating the art room by painting on the walls.

"If I were to describe Art Club," said Mr. Wolf, "it would be controlled, creative exuberance."

One student attending is Tiffany Urton. She says Art Club is "artishly fun." She has recently been working on flat weaving and painting the walls. She also is trying to decide what she would like to paint on the walls.

Another student attending, Melissa Summers, said, "Art Club is a way to show your creativity if you're not in an art class." She has also recently been working on her wall painting named Harold. Harold is a disco skater man. "Art Club is a place to hang out with friends," Melissa said.

So all eighth graders attending South Middle School are invited to come and check out Art Club. It is an after-school activity where you can hang out and have fun.

See you there!

DC KIDS HOPING FOR WASHINGTON TRIP
By KRISTIN HADDAD and ASHLEY MONROE
Room 210 Staff Writers
   The D.C. kids are raising $30,000 to go to Washington D.C.this summer.
   The D.C. Kids is a group of students from all three middle schools in the Joplin R-8 School District, even though the project has no connection with the school district. On December 11, 2003, the D.C. Kids held an Italain Christmas Dinner at the Olive Garden where the South Middle School show choir performed.
   D.C. Kids are trying to set up a country-western show toward the end of April in which the officers will hold open-auditions for anyone who would like to perform at the show.
   On March 8, 2004, the D.C. Kids will find out if they will go to Washington.